diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
index 9782948ba53..ab862fd56f0 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libarchive/default.nix
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "16095d15334b3c8dbb02db5af3d415f12c1c3bdd4eb43af7bbc36ab7572c0b7a";
   };
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [acl libxml2 zlib bzip2 e2fsprogs xz attr openssl];
-  
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [libxml2 zlib bzip2 xz openssl] ++
+    (if stdenv.isLinux then [e2fsprogs attr acl] else []);
+
   buildInputs = [sharutils];
-  
+
   meta = {
     description = "A library for reading and writing streaming archives";
     homepage = http://people.freebsd.org/~kientzle/libarchive;